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Book Review of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Helpful Score: 2


This was a very interesting book written in an interesting way. The character development is great and the story keeps you interested. Detractors for me included sometimes very long footnotes that felt like a distraction but were too tempting to ignore. Also, I know Spanish so I could figure out many (but not all) of the expressions. I think I would have been frustrated if I couldn't figure out what they mean. This is not a "light" story but it is easy to read and made me want to keep reading to find out what was going to happen next. I do see why it won awards, I would recommend it.